host
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5.5
- noun
- /hoʊst/
- Specialized
:
huésped
- The virus cannot reproduce without an appropriate host cell.
- host species
- reservoir host
- host-pathogen
Like we are this scaffold and we're host trillions of these organisms.
- Like we are this scaffold and we're host trillions of these organisms.
- They're able to find new hosts and rearrange in the case of influenza.
- And then that virus adapts into that new host and it changes and grows.
- You take the whole mix and you insert it into the host bacterium.
- Infected pass infected horse and you know the host and the pathogen etcetera.
- And and it also has some animal hosts that it sticks in.
Examples
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Jefferson Elementary School in New Ulm, Minnesota, is host to about 600 students, kindergarten through third grade.
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Moran and Molloy fall prey to a host of symptoms that gradually accumulate over time.
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Control of the host body comes in degrees.
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While spending time with host families and in host communities, students learn language, culture, tradition, and more.
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The plant can be the host of accessories.
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Now antibodies defend their hosts in three ways.
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Parasites don't usually kill their hosts.
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Many parasites rely on a living host to complete their life cycle.
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When studying disease transmission, scientists often focus on how pathogens interact with their hosts.
Idioms
- Informal
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7.4
A person who is very good at having parties and making guests feel welcome
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
A living thing that a parasite uses for part of its life before moving to its final animal or person
- Specialized
A living thing in which a parasite reproduces sexually to complete its life cycle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Host in medicine and biology comes from the same Latin hospes 'guest' and means a living thing that 'receives' something else. That is why a host can be the person or animal that accepts a transplant or lets a parasite live inside it.